There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and love, as well as pain!

You know the old expression "We haven't inherited the world from our parents, we've borrowed it from our children"? Well it's just not true. We haven't borrowed anything.

I never wanted to give up. I thought I might have to. Especially at the beginning when chimpanzees had never seen a white person before.They gave one look at me and ran away! They were scared, but eventually I got their trust.

If we start with chimpanzees, they differ from us with the composition of the DNA by only just over one percent. So, as far as genetics go, we're almost identical. The composition of the blood, the immune system, the structure of the brain - almost identical.

Whales, like elephants, are so social and intelligent. This hurts me to think of them being transported, put in noisy airplanes, and brought to a horrible concrete pen when they're supposed to be out in the sea.

Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan.

The cheapest and most efficient way of slowing down global warming is to protect and restore the forests, particularly the tropical forests